The World Conquest: Giving Birth To Become A God

Chapter 839: Last Step

At the 149,999th step, facing the final hurdle, Zar was no longer conscious.

Moved by his last shred of will, he crawled upward, desperate to rise up.

“It’s over, kid. You’ll only waste your life…” The entity of power, Zar’s contractual partner, sighed, preparing to expel Zar from the trial.

However, before it could act, an irresistible force shielded Zar from interference.

In its shock, watching Zar ascend to the 150,000th step, certain he would die, a miracle suddenly unfolded.

Bursting with dazzling light, the fragments of Zar that remained began to regenerate, emitting an even greater power.

As if returning from the edge of time, his soul, origin, bones, and flesh pieced themselves together into one.

Like a god of light rising from the dead, Zar’s ascent accelerated, as if walking on flat ground.

“How is this possible?! Has Zar’s physique evolved to a plane level?!”

Feeling the overwhelming power radiating from Zar, so intense it felt suppressed, the entity of power stood stunned.

From the 150,000th step…155,000th… then the 160,000th, Zar quickly caught up with Atlas.

“You’re still here, brat? How could you be so spineless?” Zar smiled, seeing Atlas sprawled on the ground.

“Brother Zar! How could you—”

“If there is no destruction, there is no rebirth. If you depend on others, you’ll never achieve anything,” Zar advised, continuing his climb.

Although he knew it might not help, if Atlas gave up now, it could lead to a future where he could give up on even greater things.

Leaving Atlas, who left everything to fate, Zar continuously increased his power to climb up.

Powered by 100 billion… 150 billion… 200 billion… then 300 billion amplification, Zar caught up to Maximus.

“You’re here… Hah! I finally caught up to you,” Zar said, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit, as he finally caught up to Maximus.

“Not entirely. You’re still 300 steps short,” Maximus smiled, seeing Zar’s success.

He hadn’t expected that a few units of plane origin could truly push Zar to break through to a true plane-level physique.

Even with the help of True Path, Zar’s chances had only risen from 0% to 0.1%.

Succeeding against such odds made Maximus admire him a bit.

Meanwhile, hearing Maximus’s words, Zar only smiled.

“Isn’t it just 300 steps? You still haven’t reached the peak!”

Stepping onto the 161,001st floor, Zar, at 300 billion amplification, suddenly collapsed face-first onto the ground.

“Impossible! How could it increase so much?!”

Unwilling to let Maximus witness his failure, Zar pushed to increase his power further.

From 300 billion… 350 billion… 400 billion… then to 500 billion!

Finally able to stand, Zar attempted to move toward the next step.

Unfortunately, the effort made him collapse again, kneeling on the ground.

“Just stay there and hone yourself. Your physique is powerful, but you can’t abuse it like this,” Maximus said, amused.

Zar’s plane-level physique, True Power, was the quintessence of strength and might, unsurpassable by any.

Given enough energy and a body strong enough to withstand it, Zar could theoretically amplify his power infinitely.

Unfortunately, with his body on the verge of breaking apart again and the energy density in the Atrium of Law that could no longer support his recklessness, it was the end for Zar.

“No, I can still do it!”

Gritting his teeth, Zar tried to amplify his power another notch, only to fail.

No matter what he did, his power seemed stuck at 500 billion amplification.

“How about it? Want me to upgrade your energy loading device?” Maximus asked with a smile.

Seeing another opportunity to study Zar, Maximus didn’t mind covering his energy cost.

Examining Zar’s plane-level physique would help uncover ways to enhance his family’s physique.

Although the True Path could provide the complete method to answer such a question, the cost was beyond what he could bear.

For just the method to upgrade each physique, he would need at least 100 quintillion plane origins to offset the price.

To directly enhance their physiques to plane level, a mere plane origin couldn’t cover it.

Moreover, since no instance of his plane-source physique had ever reached plane level, even learning the method would cost sextillions of plane origin.

Meanwhile, hearing Maximus’s suggestion, Zar shut up, refusing more help.

“I can do this myself, just you wait…” Zar thought, no longer so reckless.

As time passed, feeling his body adapt, Zar took another step.

Step by step, inching toward Maximus, those below also began to make great strides.

At this moment, most had passed the 10,000th step, with the top powerhouses even reaching the 100,000th.

Unconsciously, the trial had lasted a hundred thousand years.

As if traveling at light speed, their perception of time skewed, thinking only weeks or months had passed.

The only exception was Maximus, standing at the 161,803rd step, the last one before the throne of the Aeon Plane.

“Maximus, hurry up! We don’t have much time! You can’t delay any longer!” the entity of origin urged.

“Don’t worry, I’ve calculated everything. There’s still plenty of time,” Maximus said leisurely.

The time hadn’t come yet; his family was still between the 130,000th and 150,000th steps. Just a little more, and they could at least reach the 161,000th.

More importantly, his physique and will hadn’t reached full saturation and still had room for improvement.

“What do you mean plenty of time?! The Origin Dark Beast has already destroyed its target and is coming for us!”

“I said don’t worry. How could I not know that? There’s at least a hundred thousand years before it arrives.”

To buy time for himself and his family, Maximus used the almighty True Path to beguile the Origin Dark Beast, sending it in circles.

“A hundred thousand years? What about your integration with the Aeon Plane? Did you not account for that?”

“Everything is fine, old origin. If you can’t wait, urge the others to climb faster,” Maximus said coldly, unwilling to repeat himself.

“Uh… fine…” The entity of origin sighed, unable to control Maximus any longer.

Facing such unfathomable power, even as the most powerful entity of law, it had to back down.

“Just wait, everything will fall into place…”